After the peace deal - hopes for a better future.
Residents in the Philippines' resource-rich southern Mindanao region - where more than 120,000 have been killed in a 40-year conflict between Muslim insurgents and the government - are hopeful that last week's peace agreement will pave the way for an economic revival.
Businessmen Abdul Kahar Nul is building an upscale hotel and a mall offering the area's first modern cinema.
He says the agreement is a big deal for him as he's been waiting for the opportunity to expand his business.
Mindanao has an estimated $312 billion in mineral reserves including gold, copper and nickel.
Asian Development Bank's country director Neeraj Jain says the peace deal is a game changer.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR PHILIPPINES, NEERAJ JAIN, SAYING:
"So the expectation that that area of Mindanao, a very large and resource-rich area of Mindanao, will finally see peace and political stability -- by itself will generate expectations".
The landmark deal between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government will see Muslim-majority areas transformed into a self governing political entity called Bangsamoro, by 2016.
But the south's volatile politics could still hamper the plans with a breakaway group already vowing to continue fighting for an independent Islamic state.

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